THE only ones happy with the way we are sending off Yankee Stadium are the numerologists among us, who understand one quirky development of a playoff-free 2008: for now, and forever, there will have been exactly 100 World Series games played inside Yankee Stadium. And I ask you, dear reader: given that knowledge, why wouldn’t we rank them?

4. Nov. 1, 2001, Yankees 3, Diamondbacks 2 (G5): The very next night and, impossibly, incredibly, the very same outcome, only it’s Scott Brosius in the ninth and an RBI single by Alfonso Soriano in the 11th.

5. Oct. 10, 1926, Cardinals 3, Yankees 2 (G7): A little bit of everything: Babe Ruth hits a homer to give Yanks an early lead; Grover Cleveland Alexander, nursing a hangover, fans Tony Lazzeri with bases jammed in seventh; Babe Ruth is caught stealing second to end Series in the ninth.

6. Oct. 18, 1977, Yankees 8, Dodgers 4 (G6): Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!

7. Oct. 10, 1923, Giants 5, Yankees 4 (G1): First-ever Series game is a beaut, won on Casey Stengel’s inside-the-parker in the top of the ninth.

8. Oct. 5, 1947, Dodgers 8, Yankees 6 (G6): Down three runs in the sixth, Joe DiMaggio bids to tie the game before Al Gionfriddo and his glove intervene.